title: Peri-implant soft tissue conditioning with provisional restorations in the esthetic zone: the dynamic compression technique.
abstract: An optimal esthetic implant restoration is a combination of a visually pleasing prosthesis and surrounding peri-implant soft tissue architecture. This article introduces a clinical method, the dynamic compression technique, of conditioning soft tissues around bone-level implants with provisional restorations in the esthetic zone. The technique has several goals: to establish an adequate emergence profile; to recreate a balanced mucosa course and level in harmony with the gingiva of the adjacent teeth, including papilla height/width, localization of the mucosal zenith and the tissue profile's triangular shape; as well as to establish an accurate proximal contact area with the adjacent tooth/implant crown.
authors.affiliation: Division of Fixed Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, Bern, Switzerland. julia.wittneben@zmk.unibe.ch
authors.forename: Julia-Gabriela
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wittneben
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buser
authors.forename: Urs C
authors.initials: UC
authors.lastname: Belser
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brägger
mesh_terms: D003442:Crowns; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003794:Dental Restoration, Temporary; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005881:Gingiva / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D016557:Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011312:Pressure; D013499:Surface Properties; D014016:Tissue Conditioning, Dental / Q000379:methods*